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Q: Why is the interior of Antarctica drier than than the coast?
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Which is the drier continent- Australia or Antarctica?

Antarctica is drier than Australia.


What continant is dryer than Australia?

Only Antarctica is the drier continent than Australia. But Australia is the driest inhabited place.


Is Antarctica almost as dry as the Sahara Desert?

Antarctica is sometimes considered the driest place on earth, so it is drier than all the other deserts of the world, except for the Atacama in South America where it is drier than most of the Antarctic land. There are few places in Antarctica, however, that are just as dry or maybe even drier than the Atacama.


Is there an area drier than the Atacama?

Some parts of Antarctica are just as dry, if not drier, than then the Atacama. I call it a tie.


What continents are drier than Australia?

Antarctica (found on google)


Is Antarctica warmer on the inside or outside?

Antarctica's beaches are warmer than the interior of the continent.


What continent is hot and dry?

Antarctica. There is a desert drier than Australia which is the Atacama desert in Chile in South America but Antarctica can be much drier than the Atacama desert especially the Mc Murdo Dry Valleys


Do the interior and the coasts of Antarctica usually have about the same temperatures?

No. Antarctica is the size of USA and Mexico, combined. The coastal areas are generally warmer than the interior.


Which part of Antarctica is colder than the other?

Antarctica covers 10% of the earth's surface. The interior of the continent is colder than at the beaches.


What are three areas in which Antarctica is unique compared to any other point on your earth?

Antarctica is higher, drier, colder, windier, darker and icier than any other continent on earth.


What is the interior of Antarctica?

Some call the interior of Antarctica the Polar Plateau. It is also the driest area of the continent -- humidity less than five percent, and is thus a desert.


Which deserts are dryer than the Sahara Desert?

Both Antarctica and the Atacama are drier that the Sahara Desert. Neither of which receives any appreciable precipitation.